Sony Ericsson has just unveiled 'Idou' (rhymes with "doodoo"), its first 12 Megapixel camera phone at MWC 2009. The Idou also offers a Cyber-shot camera with xenon flash. The phone will be one of the firm's first to be based on pure Symbian instead of UIQ and will use a custom touch interface with an emphasis on media playback. The handset will feature a 16.7 million color screen in 16:9 widescreen format, and will have a full-touch media menu to tap directly into movies, TV-series and video clips. The screen makes it truly enjoyable to watch full-lenght movies on the handset itself.
Media bar and music player are also packed in 'Idou', brings the mind the generic Sony multimedia 'ident'. The homescreen was customised and had a Sony Ericsson style which reminded be of the W960. The Sony Ericsson Idou has a microSD memory card slot. That means that the manufacturer of the device is again not Sony Ericsson themselves - just as XPERIA X1. Release dates are scheduled for sometime in the second half of this year.
Sony Ericsson have launched a demo website of the Sony Ericsson Idou and if you are interested, you can find it right here.
Speaking of videos, here's the official video ad of the Idou by Sony Ericsson:
